Frustrating weeks!!

Hello all! The last couple of weeks have been frustrating to say the least. I have been on the phone many times over the last few weeks getting little information and feeling like the agency does not even know who I am. The main person I had been working with has been on medical leave and finally returned this week and so I am hoping communication will improve. I also was able to gather a little more info through a "google group" for the families of AFAA, that I did not know about until now. It has been helpful and give s me some support from the other families of AFAA and tips for coping with the wait. I also met a women right here in Laramie that is adopting two girls, sisters, from Liberia. She is also from the same agency and this has been great for support and someone to run things by. She will be traveling on Oct 6th to bring her girls home. They are beautiful and can't wait to learn more about her journey and also to meet her new family.

Clint left on Saturday to attend a seminar in Boston. It is offered through Harvard about "Hematological Malignancies". He really needed some time away from the practice. It has been a stressful place lately with many deaths and unsolvable problems. I was glad he could get away but always miss him so much when he is gone!! He will be back on the 28th.

The girls and I had visitors this weekend. My mom and dad came and watched Bailey play volleyball on Saturday. We also went to dinner in Centennial on Saturday night with the girls and their boyfriends. We had such a good time and great food. We woke up on Sunday to cloudy skies and NO wind!! We went down to the river and took great pictures of mom and dad for their 50th Wedding Anniversary. The girls also had to get into the action so maybe we will use them for Christmas cards. The leaves are really turning right now and it is just beautiful fall weather. I am not ready for the snow to fly just yet!!



We will continue to work with the agency we have now and hope that things will move along as soon as the courts reopen in Ethiopia. That has really slowed down the process and it was just bad timing that our adoption timeline was affected by that. In the meantime we will just keep learning and researching better ways to bring our family together and get prepared for travel, etc. We will try to keep posting as things move along. We love you all and we are still waiting...........